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If you had all primes
7 months ago
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There have been endless threads over the years about nikon, vs cannon, vs Carl Zeiss, vs Other prime lens comparisons. I am not going to ask the standard "Which is the best X mm lens?" question. Instead lets imagine you have all of them.
Which lens makers lens would you use for which purpose, and why?
The same reason can not be used for more than 1 lens per focal length, but it can be used for functionally different focal lengths.
Here are some general strengths/weaknesses i see for different lenses:
Points (higher number is better)
PRICE
Nikon - 0
Zeiss - 1
Sigma - 2
AF
Nikon/Sigma - 1
Zeiss - 0
Quality of MF
Nikon/sigma - 0
Zeiss - 1
Construction/build quality
Nikon - 1
Sigma -0
Zeiss - 2
IQ
Nikon/Zeiss - 1 varies from lens to lens
Sigma - 0
Which lens would you choose for which application in real life? For example I'd take a Zeiss lenses on a road trip vs nikon since they are tougher built or Sigma since they are generally cheaper to replace. But I'd take a nikon to a party since AF works faster than my hand. I'd probably choose Zeiss for studio work.
Your turn; feel free to come up with other use scenarios than just mentioned above.
Looking forward to reading your comments.
EDIT
In usage example above i made blanket statement across all focal lengths; feel free to choose different lenses of different focal lengths even if they share the same application like landscape...
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